life is about efforts to attract !!

 

What is life about ! – if it were to be defined by a man close to his 60s!    Half of it was lost in trying to attract people, to showcase what one did not possess really and the rest lost in realizing that nothing worthwhile happened.  Not an advice to youth – simple, live your life in the you want, not the way you feel others like !! 

The beauty of the saree is determined by its ‘Pallu’  (the broad hem) – ask any Man, who accompanies his wife or sisters or – when buying a saree !!  - would you have observed many  ‘a good lookin model showing pallu in saree advts’ .. .. Tilakaratne Dilshan ?!? 

Flirting !  - might bring back some memories of your younger days !  In our school days,  rich possessed cycles and some had special skills – they would try riding up and down, thinking that the girl would get attracted by his driving skills !! – sometimes might fall down and become an object of ridicule ! 

Trying to attract is a trait common in humans right from the birth of first woman ! - everyone knows the feeling of walking into a room full of friendly faces, and although each person seems nice, open and willing to talk, only one face stands out from the crowd. There may be a lot of physically attractive people in the room, but you can't seem to take your eyes off of this one particular person.  .. .. or many of us would like to attract a stranger more than a known person, thereby attaching undue importance to one and trying to display all our good qualities to woe and attract ! Most people can tell if they're attracted to someone in the first 90 seconds after they meet. Some theories  suggests that women are naturally attracted to men who exude confidence and passion, and who seem to lead exciting lives.   

According to a Professor of Anthropology, We always want what we can't have. No post on fatal attractions or crushes that develop along line – here is a duck trying to woo its mate !

 
Thoughts of Aasami sirippu sinthanaiyaan !!
 
With regards – S Sampathkumar
23.4.2024

 

Bleev Me !! ~ Bowlers too hog limelight in IPL 2024

IPL 2024 is becoming bowler’s death-knell with 300 threatening to be breached and teams have crossed 250 with ease !! yet two bowlers have garnered glory in today’s match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians.

 

He would sadly remember that 52^nd match at Jaipur on 7^th May 2023.  Just when Rajasthan Royals thought they had collected two points by defending 214 and had started to celebrate, their last-ball wicket transformed into a no-ball from Sandeep Sharma (called belatedly by the third umpire), and Abdul Samad smoked a straight six off the free hit to get Sunrisers Hyderabad the four more runs they needed, sparking wild celebrations in the orange camp while the players and home fans in pink were left stunned. 

The diminutive Sandeep Sharma has grown the difficult way.  He has been plagued by injuries including a massive shoulder injury, has had to sit out, had indifferent two years, yet has been an unsung hero.   Largely in  T20, a bowler up for the fight is way more important than a bowler with the skill. 

He looks small but bowls well – and one is left wondering  if Sandeep would have played more than just the two T20Is he has for India about a decade ago,  had it not been for the presence of Bhuvneshwar KUmar. Now, there is no place for Bhuvneshwar himself in the India side. Sandeep Sharma – who, a swing bowler, probably a little too slow in the air or too early with the movement? A death bowler celebrating with one finger raised to the sky only to find out he has overstepped and then lose the match on the re-bowled last ball? 

Before you read further, today the celebrity was Yuzvendra Chahal.  He became the first bowler in IPL history  to reach the milestone of 200 wickets. Dwayne Bravo is second on the list of leading wicket-takers in the IPL with 183 scalps.  There are 2 with 200+ wickets in T20 - Danny Briggs (219) and Samit Patel (208) playing  in England's T20 Blast.

 

Sandeep Sharma  went unsold at auction for an year yet Rajasthan Royals had plans for him and drafted him – in a side where Trent Boult has the new ball 

Recall that back in July 2015 at Harare there were 7 debutants.   In that  1st T20, India beat Zimbabwe  convincingly by 54 runs.   Indian openers Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, followed by Uthappa all made 30s – Mohit Sharma, Harbhajan, Bhuvaneswar Kumar and Axar Patel bowled well.  The score in brief : India 178 for 5 (Uthappa 39*, Mpofu 3-33) beat Zimbabwe 124 for 7 (Axar 3-17) by 54 runs.  There were 7 debutants - :  STR Binny, KM Jadhav, MK Pandey, AR Patel and Sandeep Sharma (India); N Madziva and T Muzarabani (Zimbabwe) – some of them have been playing T20 for long courtesy the muddled IPL. 

Sandeep Sharma, 22,  at that time of his debut had already played 43 matches in the format - many of them for Kings XI Punjab. At International level, Chamu Chibhabha lifted his very first delivery over long-on, holding the pose after his shot. Hamilton Masakadza scooped his fourth delivery for a second six.  There have been 10  bowlers who have conceded a six off their first legitimate delivery in T20Is (at that time) and the list includes Muttiah Muralitharan. The other debutant Neville Madziva found it even tougher conceding 46. 

Today he gave a remarkable exhibition of swing bowling with figures of 4-0-18-5.  His victims of the day are :  Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma,  Tim David & Gerald Coetzee 

Interesting. 
 
With regards – S Sampathkumar
22.4.2024 

Two abandoned kitten and ... .. some Samaritans

Do you like animals .. .. have any pets !  feed the stray ones regularly? Pets are a big part of life in many parts of the world, and a growing economy often means a growing pet population. Dogs and cats are the most popular pets.

Do we really see enough of good things and appreciate !  No post on having pets or treating them as menace ! – one on abandoned kitten ! .. .. more about the goodness of a shop keeper in Icehouse and another woman.  Even to those living in Triplicane,  Eagle footwear may not exactly ring a bell – this shop selling footwear, bags and repairing exists for decades.

Read that when  kittens are first born they are completely helpless. Their eyes are closed, their ears are folded, and they can’t stand, keep themselves warm or eat on their own. They rely on their mother  for everything!  A newborn kitten will have a low temperature of 95-97 degrees, which will go up to 100 degrees over the course of the first week. During this time it is critical to provide a gentle heat source to keep the kitten warm and stable. The kitten's environment should be between 85 and 90 degrees at this time.  Newborns do not have a gag reflex. For this reason, it is essential to feed very slowly and with extreme caution.

தெருக்களில் நாம் பல வித்தியாசமான காட்சிகளை காணலாம் (நம் கண்கள் திறந்து இருந்தால் !) .. .. முண்டாசு கவிஞன் மஹாகவி பாரதியார் முழங்கினார் :  - கேளடா ...மானிடவா .. என்று அவர்தம் வீட்டில் பஞ்சு வெள்ளை பூனை ஈன்ற குட்டிகளை பற்றி : 

சாம்பல் நிறத்தொரு குட்டி*  கரும் சாந்தின் நிறம் ஓரு குட்டி

பாம்பின் நிறமொரு குட்டி * வெள்ளை பாலின் நிறம் ஓரு குட்டி

 

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மியாவ் மியாவ் பூனைக்குட்டி !  வீட்டை சுத்தும் பூனைக்குட்டி !!

அத்தான் மனது வெல்லக்கட்டி ! அவர் அழகை சொல்லடி செல்லக்கட்டி !!

குமுதம் 1961 ஆம் ஆண்டு வெளிவந்தது.  ஏ. சுப்பாராவ் இயக்கத்தில் வெளிவந்த இத்திரைப்படத்தில் எஸ். எஸ். ராஜேந்திரன், விஜயகுமாரி மற்றும் பலரும் நடித்திருந்தனர். இப்படத்திற்கு கே. வி. மகாதேவன் இசையமைத்திருந்தார். பல பாடல்கள் ஹிட்டானது.  எம். எஸ். இராஜேஸ்வரி  குரலில், மியாவ் மியாவ் பூனை குட்டி பாடல் பிரபலமானது.   இவர்தாம் - களத்தூர் கண்ணம்மா திரைப்படத்தில் அம்மாவும் நீயே அப்பாவும் நீயே பாடியவர்.    நாயகன் படத்து  - நான் சிரித்தால் தீபாவளி, பாடலிலும் இவர் குரல் ஒலிக்கும்.

Cats have been a cinema staple for more than a century, dating all the way back to the 1901 silent short film The Sick Kitten. Sometimes they're cute, and sometimes they're creepy, but a film is almost always more interesting with a feline element.  The Sick Kitten is a 1903 British short silent comedy film, directed by George Albert Smith, featuring two young children tending to a sick kitten.

Yesterday found these kitten in a small box and the owner trying to feed them with a syringe.  Then another lady waiting for bus peeped in and advised that they are better bottle fed!  - good natured people trying to care for abandoned little ones.  One feels very bad about the Society that we live in.  Someone had placed these two little ones,  presumably a day or two old in a plastic bag -  literally abandoned, separated from their mother, or may be mother had died or ran away or whatever. In that stage, the kittens would have died in a day or two – if they had managed to get out of the bag, could have been ran over by big vehicles on road.

Their luck, they were spotted by a man running a small shop near Ice house  bus stand – he was sad in seeing these juveniles.  He is Sahabdeen – Eagle footwear is the shop near Ice house bus stand / NKT Girls School.   Read that kittens after being born,  display primary altriciality and are fully dependent on their mothers for survival. They normally do not open their eyes for seven to ten days. After about two weeks, kittens develop quickly and begin to explore the world outside their nest. After a further three to four weeks, they begin to eat solid food and grow baby teeth.

Mr Deen and a woman by name  Mrs Latha took care of these abandoned pets, provided them safety with a carton box and some rags, first fed them with a syringe, now with a feeding bottle.  They have  successfully taken care of the 2 kitten  for a week or more – now when photographed inside the small box that had become their home, they had opened eyes but yet weak – hope they too live their lives

Feel happy in being a long standing customer of this store and appreciate the good act of this Samaritans.

With regards – S Sampathkumar
21.4.2024 

Jasminum sambac - Adukku malligai - Incorporeal Jasmine !

Another day – a holiday at that and it dawned so beautifully – so happy in seeing so many of them in my terrace !!  அனங்கம்  என்றால் என்ன அறிவீரா !!  :  1)  உடலில்லாதது. அங்கமனங்கமான (incorporeal)  2) இருவாட்சி  3) மல்லிகை பூ.   உருவம் என்பதை ‘இருக்கும் ஒன்று’ எனக் கொண்டால், அருவம் என்பதை ‘இல்லாத ஒன்று’ எனலாம்.

ஒச்சாயி ஒரு விதவை - கரிசல்பட்டி கிராமத்தில்  பள்ளி படிப்பை பாதியில் நிறுத்திய அவளது மகன் வீரண்ணனோடு வாழ்ந்து வருகிறாள்.  ஒச்சாயின் பெண்ணுக்கும் மூக்கையா தேவருக்கும் பிறந்த மகள் முத்துப்பேச்சி.  மூக்கையா தேவருக்கு ஹம்சவல்லி என்ற பெண்ணுடன் தொடர்பு உள்ளது.  முத்துப்பேச்சிக்கு தன் மாமன் மீது ஆசை !! - அவர்கள் குடும்பத்தில் நிலத்தகராறு காரணமாக பேச்சு வார்த்தை இல்லை !!

பொத்தி வச்ச மல்லிகை மொட்டு, பூத்திருச்சு வெக்கத்த விட்டு

பேசிப் பேசி ராசியானதே, மாமன் பேரைச் சொல்லிச் சொல்லி ஆளானதே

ரொம்ப நாளானதே

பாரதிராஜாவின் இயக்கத்தில்   1983ம் ஆண்டு வெளிவந்த படம் மண்வாசனை  - புதுமுக நடிகர்கள் பாண்டியன், ரேவதி மற்றும் பலர் நடிக்க, இளையராஜா இன்னிசை தந்தது இப்படத்தை வெற்றிப்படமாக்கியது.   இப்படத்தில் மேற்கண்ட  சிறப்பான பாடல் பட்டிதொட்டியெங்கும் ஒலித்தது :

Incorporeality is "the state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism."  Incorporeal - means "Not composed of matter; having no material existence”.

Incorporeality is a quality of souls, spirits, and God in many religions. In ancient philosophy, any attenuated "thin" matter such as air, aether, fire or light was considered incorporeal. The ancient Greeks believed air, as opposed to solid earth, to be incorporeal, insofar as it is less resistant to movement; and the ancient Persians believed fire to be incorporeal in that every soul was said to be produced from it.  In modern philosophy, a distinction between the incorporeal and immaterial is not necessarily maintained: a body is described as incorporeal if it is not made out of matter.

In the problem of universals, universals are separable from any particular embodiment in one sense, while in another, they seem inherent nonetheless. Aristotle offered a hylomorphic account of abstraction in contrast to Plato's world of Forms. Aristotle used the Greek terms soma (body) and hyle (matter, literally "wood").

 

"In Ayurveda, it is  known as 'Hrudhya Gandha', which means 'fragrance pleasing to the heart'. It is a cooling herb.  For sure you love them – they come ‘dime a dozen’ and there are so many varieties.  Here is one grown in our terrace ! -  

 

அடுக்கு மல்லிகை - இருவாட்சி மல்லிகை!  சிரியா நாட்டில் உள்ள டமாஸ்கஸ் நகரின் குறியீட்டு மலர் மல்லிகை. இந்தியாவில் மல்லிகை என்றாலே மதுரை. மதுரை என்றாலே மல்லிகைதான். மல்லிகைச் செடியா? கொடியா? -  இரண்டும்தான். மல்லிகை ஆலிவ் குடும்பமான ‘ஒலிசியே’ எனும் புதர் மற்றும் கொடிகள் சார்ந்த பேரினம். ‘ஜாஸ்மினும் சம்பக்’ (Jasminum Sambac) எனும் தாவரவியல் பெயரால் அழைக்கப்படும் மல்லிகை, இந்தியா, ஸ்ரீலங்கா, தாய்லாந்து, மியான்மர் நாடுகளில் காணப்படும் மலரினமாகும். 

The biggest difference between jasmine varieties is their growth habit. The most well-known types are vines, especially Jasminum polyanthum.   Given our love affair with jasmine, it's no surprise that this flower finds several mentions, from being used to decorating the hair or  being added to earthen pots of water to quench thirst.  The Layered Jasmine plant is a deciduous shrub native to Asia,  it produces stunning flowers that have  ornamental and commercial values.

Jasminum sambac (Arabian jasmine) is a species of jasmine native to tropical Asia, from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia. It is cultivated globally.  Jasminum sambac is a small shrub or vine growing up to 0.5 to 3 m (1.6 to 9.8 ft) in height. It is widely cultivated for its attractive and sweetly fragrant flowers. The flowers may be used as a fragrant ingredient in perfumes and jasmine tea. It is the national flower of the Philippines, where it is known as sampaguita,  as well as being one of the three national flowers of Indonesia, where it is known as melati putih.

Jasminum sambac is classified under the genus Jasminum under the tribe Jasmineae.  It belongs to the olive family Oleaceae.  The English common name of "Arabian jasmine", Jasminum sambac is due to it being widely cultivated in Southwest of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman. The Medieval Arabic term "zanbaq" denoted jasmine flower-oil from the flowers of any species of jasmine. This word entered late medieval Latin as "sambacus" and "zambacca" with the same meaning as the Arabic, and then in post-medieval Latin plant taxonomy the word was adopted as a label for the J. sambac species.  In 1753, Carl Linnaeus first described the plant as Nyctanthes sambac in the first edition of his famous book Systema Naturae. In 1789, William Aiton reclassified the plant to the genus Jasminum. He also coined the common English name of "Arabian jasmine".

Very happy to see a bunch of them this morning in my terrace !

With regards – S Sampathkumar
21.4.2024